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The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 4

Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 4!

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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 1 - St. Joan
    9.5/10(12 votes)

    S4:E1

    In 15th century France, a teenage peasant leads the army to victories against the English after claiming she has heard the voices of saints.

    Director:Waris Hussein
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 4 - Waters of the Moon
    9.4/10(12 votes)

    S4:E4

    Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.

    Director:Herbert Wise
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 7 - Relatively Speaking
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    S4:E7

    Ginny plots to keep her affair with the much older (and married) Philip from her regular boyfriend Greg.

    Director:Herbert Wise
    Writer:Alan Ayckbourn

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  4. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 5 - Mary, Queen of Scots
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    S4:E5

    Mary Stuart, named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She's imprisoned at 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later, Mary's life is to end on the scaffold and with her execution, the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

    Director:Basil Coleman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 6 - Maigret at Bay
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    S4:E6

    Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:Donald Bull

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  6. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 8 - Julius Caesar
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    S4:E8

    Highly-placed Romans plot the murder of Julius Caesar.

    Director:Alan Bridges
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 9 - An Ideal Husband
    7.8/10(202 votes)

    S4:E9

    Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 3 - The Seagull
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    S4:E3

    Aging actress Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Sorin and son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings with her Trigorin, a successful novelist. Meanwhile, Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls for Trigorin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 Episode 2 - The Male Animal
    3.0/10(12 votes)

    S4:E2

    The Midwestern University trustees have forced three teachers out for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild-mannered English professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the Homecoming.

    Director:Alan Bridges
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"St. Joan" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 4. It scored 9.5/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Waris Hussein and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/1/1968. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Waters of the Moon".